Noun hookworm has 2 senses
  1. hookworm - parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
    --1 is a kind of
    nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
    --1 is a member of Ancylostomatidae, family Ancylostomatidae
  2. hookworm, hookworm disease - infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
    --2 is a kind of helminthiasis
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